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"After all, no matter how you looked at it, the so-called third young master of a noble family couldn't possibly be worthy of the next head of the Gremory family, could he?"
As those words left Noah's mouth and echoed throughout the Occult Research Club, the atmosphere in the entire room completely changed.
It became like a battlefield on the verge of conflict, with the scent of war beginning to permeate the air.
Raiser stared fixedly at Noah, glancing at the hand resting on Rias's shoulder. When he saw that Rias showed no sign of resistance whatsoever, every expression vanished from his face.
"Teacher!" Rias's eyes widened. She had never expected Noah to draw the battle onto her, and she became flustered at once.
However, Noah's hand on Rias's shoulder kept tightening, until she began to feel pain.
The perceptive Rias immediately understood Noah's intention.
Noah was signaling for Rias not to interrupt.
While that left Rias hesitating over whether she should speak up, not knowing what Noah intended to do, the anxiety in her heart only grew stronger.
"Ah..." Instead, Raiser actually sighed at that moment, pulling one hand out of his pocket and covering his face.
"I never expected the culprit behind the turmoil between the Gremory and Phoenix families to be a human. Just thinking that I got so anxious over a human that I came all the way to the human world... I don't even know how to express how I feel."
After saying that, Raiser opened his eyes. Through the gaps between the fingers covering his face, his gaze fixed directly on Noah, completely devoid of emotion.
"Then there shouldn't be a problem if I kill him, right?"
Rias, Asia, Akeno Himejima, Koneko,